Book excerpt: A tale of the pioneers of the great Northwest. Includes: Gretchen's Violin -- The Chief of the Cascades -- "Boston Tilicum" -- Mrs. Woods's Tame Bear, Little "Roll Over" -- The Nest of the Fishing Eagle -- The Mountain Lion -- The "Smoke-Talk" -- The Black Eagle's Nest of the Falls of the Missouri -- Gretchen's Visit ot the Old Chief of the Cascades -- Mrs. Woods meets Little "Roll Over" Again -- Marlow Mann's New Robinson Crusoe -- Old Joe Meek and Mr. Spaulding -- A Warning -- The Potlatch -- The Traumerei Again -- A Silent Tribe -- A Desolate Home and a Desolate People -- The Lifted Cloud -- The Indians Come to the Schoolmaster. Historical Notes: Vancouver -- The Oregon Trail -- Governor Stevens -- Seattle the Chief -- Whitman's Ride for Oregon -- Mount Saint Helens.